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Kensington 1898

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., &c., of the Parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington for the year, 1898

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Cases of Infectious Disease notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 in the Fifty-two Weeks ended Saturday, 31 st Deccember, 1898.

Name of District.Small-pox..Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Totals.Population 1896
/Kensington...4742151048411180711004170,465
West Oistricts.Paddington...30425674...251314...776124,506
Hammersmith...46316061...53934...789104,199
Fulham181146571...1912111...1490113,781
Chelsea...33626855...15945...76496,646
St. George, Hanover Sq.122111039...12431...41879,967
Westminster19912548...12502...32853,234
St. James's, Westminster...31416.........202...10023,050
North District*.St. Marylebone1312232101...2101813...842141,188
Hampstead...24413347......1412...46875,449
St. Pancras2980485220...2183211442046240,764
Islington...1336553237211928313...2424336,764
Stoke Newington...1495318......3281...25233,485
Hackney21026855219...31430220...2441213,044
St. Giles, Bloomsbury...654023......1721...20238,237
Central Districts.St. Martin-in-the-Fields..11812.........7......3813,077
Strand...47459.........124...11723,782
Holborn1971449......2403129731,208
Clerkenwell...33126442...12702...71266,202
St. Luke, Middlesex...19718616......2586...46441,527
City of London1794420.........192...16530,970
Shoreditch...42224692...17173111953122,348
East Districts.Bethnal Green...433321102...2332419...1204129,162
Whitechapel225217441......514813...63577,717
St. George in-the-East...14310555......3748...38847,506
Limehouse...19013443...12893...46258,305
Mile End142527959...1917816...968111,060
Poplar4645458161..352261121515169,267
St. Saviour, Southwark...7911414.........331...24125,365
St. George, Southwark131023740315689367760,278
Newington...62145190...11116514...1353120,939
St. Olave, Southwark...67165.........12......10011,731
Bermondsey145825951......4949...87685,475
Rotherhi the...1454121......3821...29340,379
South Districts.Lambeth11002812170213142971872336295,033
Battersea4809786951...1018415...1904165,115
Wandsworth1706593123...1212389...1692187,264
Camberwell5955670117...31123625...2022253,076
Greenwich...652538186131021617...1623175,774
Lewisham...20328045......4443158083,213
Woolwich...20410922......337......37541,314
Plumstead...42311128...1754...362759,252
Lee315816123......4411...39138,588
Port of London22419.........1......28
GrandTotals3516917115613032175525051803102337380